The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-01

| The new depot erected by the st Angus
| tine and Palatka railway, Mt Palatka, is not
so commodious as the old one, ~ it was an
ticipated that union depot would be built
in the city as soon as the bridge was com
| pieted.
| The Gainesville Board of Trade will send
as delegates 10 Jacksonville Ang. 3, Messrs.
| Robinson, Ashby, NJ Endel and Drake.
| This is q convention Of railroad and rep
resentative men from all parts Of the state
to discuss excursion rates to Florida this
fall
A negro thief has been pillaging houses in
the southern portion of GadsClen county.
He was tracked for several days, but sue
ceeded In Guiding pursuit The way he
forded streams and jumped from and TO
punches of grass showed that he was an old
hand in concealing his tricks.
Waldo Advertiser: One Of our worthy
citizens finds his bonanzas with increasing
years. He has an invention just patented
and there's millions in it. To cap the eli
max Of his good fortune, he has just re-
ceived news that he has one OF the richest
finds in the gold regions of the Black Hills
and there's millions in it.
Blain Brothers arc about to begin the
construction of temporary buildings, at the
junction Of the two railroads, near Green
Cove Spring, to carry out certain existing
contracts for the delivery OF large guam
tity of car-building material. A p!aner and
other machinery will be put in, and a large
number of workmen will be employed in
addition to those now in the saw mill.
Sim Sparkman, of Orange City, who was
i'll at the time of his brother Aliens death,
few weeks ago, died on Thursday and was
buried at the Berseford Cemetery yester-
day. Mr.. Sparkman became well enough
after Aliens death TO go to Jacksonville,
where he was staying with another brother
at the time of his death. This is the third
son that MIR. Sparkman has lost within
year.
A fracas occurred at Crescent City a few
nights ago Several burly negroes under
took to set free from the calaboOSe a couple
of women of i'll repute-strangers who had
come from jacksonville They attacked
Marshal jenkins but by the skillful use of
his mace and fist the courageous Marshal
laid them out and the mob lost the battle
Jack Ball was arrested and is now serving
his thirty days for carrying pistol, which
he unfortunately drew in the affair.
Saturdays issue of the Pensacola Com
DlerciGi says: mo fish receipts were re-
ported this morning 1t is more than proba-
BILE that those of the smacks at sea were
forced TO put in somewhere to get out of the
weather They were all down to the east
ward, about off Cape st. Bias, particular
ly dangerous spot, as it is there nearly
Apalachicola, about twenty-five miles be
yond the cape, is every once in while laid
low and inundated by the severity of the
blows which nearly always make for the
promontory. Pensacola's immunity in this
respect is directly traceable to the fact that
this city lies away up in blight of the
coast; Cape st. Bias is at least seYenty-five
miles further out 60 sea than we, and the
wind has a clean sweep at it. 1t is to be
hoped the smacks either had a good offlng or
made a harbor safely"
Waldo Advertiser: Notwithstanding the
apparent stringency in monetary affairs our
merchants allreport business comparatively
good, and cash sales almost up to the aver
age. This may be attributed chiefly to the
fact that for three years, we have had no
saloons in our town. The earnings of the
laborer now pass into legitimate channels
TO purchase food, clothing and other neces-
stiles for the family, and men, who under
the malign influences of the
vile traffic were formerly poor and shift
less, are now happy, contented and thrifty.
In this fact alone our temperance people
throughout the county will find one of the
most cogent reasons for the suppression OF
those dens of iniquity whose doors yawn
| upon our public thoroughfares and where
the poison is sold that not only envenoms
| the body, but enters into the soul and drags
it down to the depths of depravity and
degradation here and to hell in the great
hereafter,